nurse (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A woman having the care and nurture of children1. nūtrix, īcis (one that gives suck; a wet-nurse)2. (?) assa (dry-nurse; a woman who simply takes charge of children, without giving them suck)3. nūtrīcia (in wider sense, a woman who nurtures and rears)4. altrix, īcis (one who rears)II. Fig.1. altrix2. nūtrixIII. One who attends to a sick person • nurse (subs.): I. A woman having the care and nurture of children: 1. nūtrix, īcis (one that gives suck; a wet-nurse): to employ n.s (to suckle) an infant, puero nutrices adhibere, Gell. 12, 1: Cic.: she-goat, n. of Jove, capra, n. Jovis, Ov. F. 5, 127: Virg. (From Quint. 1, 1, 4, it appears that the nutrix had the care of children in infancy generally, as with us.) Dimin., nutrīcula (without diff. of meaning): Suet. Aug. 94, med.: Hor.: n.s' tales, fabulae nutricularum, Quint. 1, 9, 2. 2. (?) assa (dry-nurse; a woman who simply takes charge of children, without giving them suck): Juv. 14, 208 (vetulae assae, superannuated n.s). 3. nūtrīcia (in wider sense, a woman who nurtures and rears): Hier. Ep. 108: cf. foster-father. 4. altrix, īcis (one who rears): v. nurturer. Phr.: n.'s wages, nutricia, orum: Ulp. Dig. 50, 13, 14: as long as children require a n., quoad infantes uberibus aluntur, Dig. l. c. II. Fig.: she that cherishes, fosters, in any way: 1. altrix: v. nurturer. 2. nūtrix: Juba's land, parched n. of lions, Jubae tellus arida n. leonum, Hor. Od. 1, 22, 15. III. One who attends to a sick person: expr. by assĭdeo, 2: cf. Hor. S. 1, 1, 82, habes qui assideat, fomenta paret: v. to nurse (IV.).